Container for packaging merchandise



Jan- 1, 1952 A. E. wElsBERG 2,580,712

CONTAINER FOR PACKAGING MERCHANDISE Filed June 5, 1949 FIGB.

/1 7' TURA/EX Patented Jan. l, 1952 CONTAINER Fon PACKAGING MERCHANDISE Abraham E.Weisberg, New York, N. Y. Application June 3, 1949, Serial No. 96,943

I Claim. 1

My invention is directed toward a highly improved construction for containers for packaging merchandise.

The types of containers or bags heretofore manufactured of transparent materials have been found to possess many inherent disadvantages which render them undesirable. For example, when such containers are made entirely of the product known as Pliofilm or the like,

while effective and useful for many purposes they are undesirable for loading textiles, notions and novelties since they have no firm body and therefore collapse easily. Containers made of transparent cellulose and similar materials have been found to be undesirable because they tend to shrink or dry out, and become distorted. They also tend to become brittle in cold weather and consequently cannot stand continuous use.

It is therefore one of the principal objects of my invention to provide a container for packaging merchandise which will overcome the above described disadvantages of the containers heretofore used and which will at the same time possess additional advantageous features.

Another object of my invention is to provide a container for merchandise which shall be rugged, transparent and yet which will maintain its shape, thereby making it easy to fill and to empty and which at the same time shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture and economical to use.

Other objects of my invention will become apr parent from the description of the invention to follow, or will hereinafter be more particularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of a container for merchandise, constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line 3--3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, I have shown a container for merchandise, in the form of a bag I constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention and comprising a rst wall II having top, side and bottom peripheral edges IIa, IIb and IIc respectively, and a second wall I2 having top, side and bottom peripheral edges I 2a, I2b and I2c respectively.

In accordance with my invention the first wall II is preferably made of a sheet of transparent material which possesses a certain degree of rigidity and body, such as for example, material on the nature of Glassine or other similar paper material. The second Wall I2 is preferably made of a sheet of less rigidity than the wall II and more transparent, such as, for example, the material known as Pliolm, which is a rubber hydrochloride.

It is noted that the wall II is of a predetermined size and that the wall I2, although coextensive therewith in its vertical or longitudinal dimension, is made wider than the wall I I in its horizontal or transverse dimension as clearly shown by the dotted line portions I4 in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In assembling the bag I0 a layer of adhesive material I5 is placed on one surface of the wall I I adjacent the side marginal edges I2b. A layer of adhesive 20 is also placed along the bottom marginal edge I2c but on the opposite surface from that of the layer of adhesive I5. The area adjacent the bottom coextensive edges IIc and I2 are pressed together to seal olf the bottom. The overhanging portions Ill of the wall I2 are then folded inwardly around the peripheral edges IIb to overlie the surface of the wall II and pressed against the adhesive layer I5, to form a bag which issealed at the sides and bottom and open at the top. To provide a better seal for the bottom and to further reinforce the corners thereof, a portion of the superimposed walls II and I2 adjacent the bottom of the bag IIJ is folded over on itself as shown by the dotted line portions II' and I2 in Fig. 3 and permanently held in such folded over condition by a layer 25 of adhesive, as clearly shown in the said Fig. 3. As noted in Fig. 4, by reason of the above construction, the corners of the bag I0 are doubly reinforced.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a container for packaging mechandise which achieves the several objects of my invention and is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made of the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all material herein described or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

A container of the'character described for packaging merchandise comprising a rst wall formed from a sheet of rubber hydrochloride or the like, having a relatively low degree of rigidity and having a predetermined peripheral contour, a second Wall formed from a sheet of transparent paper material or the like, having a relatively greater degree of rigidity than said rst wall and having a peripheral contour similar to that of said rst wall, means for sealing adjacent marginal edges of said first and second Walls throughout except for a predetermined portion to provide an opening for the insertion andremoval of merchandise, said'rst andisecond Walls beingvcoextensive in the direction of one of their axes, sai'd first Wall having a greater dimension than said` second wall in the direction of their other axes to provide said first wall with portions .extending beyond opposite edges of said second wall, `said last named extending portions of saidv iirst wall 15 being folded over inwardly around substantially the peripheral edge of said secondiwalltoxoverlie said second wall and a portion adjacent the sealed coextensive edges of said walls being turned over on itself and adhesively attached to said container whereby /to further reinforce said coex- 4 tensive edges of said walls and whereby the wall having a greater degree of rigidity will support the less rigid wall and thus prevent the container from collapsing While being lled.

ABRAHAM E. WEISBERG.

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